Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 295
"Director, is this the beginning?" Instructors asked on the field of Xiazhou Martial Arts School.

"Start!" Shao Shude sat on the chair and waved.

In the arena, the teenagers lined up, took bows and arrows, and shot towards the straw target.

Every time a round of shooting is finished, an instructor will come forward to check and record the results.

"Chen Huiban, what about a certain martial artist?" Shao Shude asked with a smile as he looked at the youthful youths.

Chen Cheng arched his hands, and sincerely praised: "The commander-in-chief has the patience to spend ten years doing one thing, and I really admire it."

There are two levels of Xiazhou Martial Arts and Shuofang County Martial Arts. In the first year of Guangqi (885), the first batch of students enrolled. Counting the new students who have already recruited next year, there are already 250 students from the County Martial Arts School and 107 from the State Martial Arts School.

The earliest batch of county martial arts students will enter the last year of the school system next year.After passing the examination, one can be promoted to state martial arts.

The 24 state martial arts students who enrolled in the first year of Guangqi will go to the Tianxiong Army for internship next year.

The Tianxiong Army is a new army with a strength of 2000, all of whom are infantry.When Lingzhou was reorganized, some old soldiers from the Tielin Army, Zhenwu Army, and Tianzhu Army came in. There were probably less than 3000 people, and the remaining [-] were all from Ruzhou, Xuzhou, and Henan. New graduates.

To be fair, the combat effectiveness of the Tianxiong Army should be relatively low among the various armies, if not the last.

The chief officers of other troops are not very interested in martial arts students.The Tianxiong Army is a new army, and the military envoy is Zang Dubao, the general of Yamen.

Zang Dubao was extremely loyal to the commander-in-chief, and he carried out all kinds of orders without compromise, which seemed to be a fanatical convert. It has basically been decided that the 24 Xiazhou martial arts students will go to the army for internship. They will enlist in the army after the new year, and then drive to Qinzhou with the army.

In addition to Xiazhou martial arts, there is also Lingzhou martial arts.

In the second year of Guangqi (886), the martial arts school in Huile County started. It also recruited 50 children around ten years old.

Counting next year's freshmen, Huile County Wuxue already has 76 children, and Lingzhou Wuxue has recruited [-] and a half children in four years, and related teaching activities are proceeding in an orderly manner.

Next year, a martial arts school will be opened: Wuquan County and Lanzhou Martial Arts School. The first batch of students have been recruited. About [-]% of the quota will be given to Longyou Tubo and Qiang tribes, and a certain status is required. They are not nephews of nobles. No charge.

School education is the easiest way to assimilate and brainwash.Moreover, a better background was arranged for the sons of these tribal leaders, that is, martial arts students.Martial arts students can continue to be promoted in the army, and will not be discriminated against because of your tribe. They are destined to be a political and military group that rises like the rising sun.

This background is much better than those tribal leaders who make up Qimin as idle officials.

After the competition is over, rewards are issued as usual.

"He Qu, nine out of ten arrows, you should be number one in archery." Shao Shude took three Xuanzhou red thread blankets from the hands of the soldiers, and handed them to the excited He Qu.

"Thank you from the general office for the reward."

"This thing is precious, and one horse can be exchanged for several horses of Suizhou miscellaneous silk." Shao Shude said again: "The people work hard and farm all day long. There are two taxes in summer and autumn, the land tax pays more than ten dendrobiums, and the household tax also pays silk and some money. Surgical money, as well as young crop money, land money, and tax grass. There are things in the town, and extra donations are needed, and life is not easy. It’s okay to accept this reward, you deserve it, but you must remember that after joining the army, keep The environment is safe and the people are protected, and one side is safe, and the people are not allowed to succeed, do you know?"

The land of Shuofang Town, like other towns, has no shortage of land tax and household tax.The only difference is that because there is not so much money and silk, part of the household tax has been converted into food.That is to say, the proportion of grain harvest is higher than that of other places, but the money and silk are less.

Taking Jingzhao Mansion in Guanzhong (excluding Tongzhou and Huazhou) as an example, the household tax has been set into nine classes.50 cash for upper and upper households, [-] cash for upper and middle households, and [-] cash for each reduction.Until the middle and lower households received seven hundred yuan, and the next household received five hundred yuan.Collected in this way, the annual household tax cash of Jingzhao Mansion is about [-] yuan.

This is the regular tax of the household tax, as well as the extortion of taxation, which is collected as an additional tax of the household tax.For example, the money for young crops was originally ten qian per mu, but now it has risen to eighteen qian;

The ratio is almost the same in the counties of Kanto Prefecture, some are higher, some are lower, roughly the same.

In addition, there is silk. On average, one mu of mulberry forest can produce half a piece of silk. Each household in Jingzhao Prefecture has about [-] mu of mulberry forest. They harvest ten pieces of silk a year, and it is estimated that four pieces will be taken away.

If there is no mulberry forest, but there are orchards and vegetable gardens, it is more complicated to put them away.Some of the people near Chang'an donated fruits and winter vegetables to pay this part of the tax.For example, the palace needs [-] carts of winter vegetables every month in winter, all of which come from this part of the tax.

The apricot production of Ma Lin's family is very large, and they are famous in Chang'an. They also have to pay taxes-the introduction of the two tax laws greatly offended the powerful and big landlords. A wealthy businessman, down to the city and a landlord, has an inexplicable tacit understanding with the rebels.

In the land of Lingxia, the land tax per household is [-] yuan, which is much lower than that of Jingzhao Mansion, but the shortfall can be reduced by other items.Of course, this is a normal year. If the army goes out to eat and the financial pressure is reduced, they will charge less and make life easier for the people.

Every time the army goes to the outer town, the economy in the town will be visibly active. There is no other reason, and the tax is lighter!
This is the case with the income tax system.

"The teaching of the head office will be kept in mind by the disciples." He Surong replied.

"Okay, let's go down, come here Liu Zhong." Shao Shude said gently.

"Liu Chong, your father is a Confucian in the town. You abandoned literature and devoted yourself to martial arts. You were able to hit eight out of ten arrows, which surprised me. These two red thread blankets are yours."

"Thank you for the reward from the General Office." Li Chong said excitedly after receiving it.

They are all young men, and they admire the handsome man who started from the bottom.To use a word from later generations, it is "idol".In addition to his majesty, the commander also has a gentle side. He takes great care of these martial arts students. Every time he comes back from an expedition, he will go to the fasting to visit, talk to and encourage them.

"In this world, people's livelihood is difficult. After you finish your studies, you should serve the battlefield and return the world to a bright future."

"The general manager teaches, and the disciples will keep it in mind."

After Liu Zhong retreated, it was Li Lin's turn to shoot No.3 today.

"Li Lin, seven out of ten arrows is not bad. Your father has made a lot of contributions. He is in charge of the 33 posts in the eight counties of Lingzhou. After going to the Tianxiong Army next year, it is also a good story that both father and son will serve for a certain party." Shao Shude personally Putting a red thread blanket in his hands, he said: "Do well, I will be waiting for you to be a general the next day."

"The general manager teaches, and the disciples will keep it in mind."

"They are all good men!" Shao Shude stood up with a smile, looked at the remaining 21 people, and said, "What are you all doing? Are you worse than He, Liu, and Li? It's just a few red thread blankets, and they entered the army. I'm afraid you won't be rewarded for killing the bandits and generals? I want to see, in a few years, who among you people will be the first to be promoted to lieutenant general. Whoever is the first general will be rewarded with a horse and a silver saddle A set of deputy and armor, do you dare to fight for this breath?"

"Dare!" The young men shouted in unison, and their morale rose immediately.

Chen Cheng secretly smiled.

The marshal's ability to drive the warriors is really perfect.It is a set of rhetoric for the grassland warriors, and it is a set of rhetoric for the warriors of the Han Dynasty. Today, when facing this group of martial arts students, they changed their gameplay.

These young men have good martial arts skills, and they have honed in the state martial arts for four years, and they have also acquired a lot of battle formation and military knowledge. Next year, they will join the Tianxiong Army as the captain and deputy. Know what it will turn that force into.

Thirty percent of them are experienced veterans, seventy percent of Cai people are new recruits, plus martial arts students who join every year.The Tianxiong Army is probably not the same as other troops.

After leaving martial arts, Shao Shude went to inspect the east and north of the city.

Lingxia's iron-making industry had a very weak foundation at the beginning, so thin that it was appalling.Later, various methods were used, the most direct of which was tax exemption and land donation, which attracted some Guanzhong and Hedong blacksmiths to come to do business.But there is a requirement, that is, the number of apprentices must meet the requirement, otherwise the tax will not be exempted.

The apprentices of blacksmiths from other places are still given the privilege of tax exemption and land grants after leaving their teachers, and continue to recruit apprentices to expand the number of blacksmiths. Of course, if they don’t want to open their own shops, they can also work in large blacksmith shops.

Wei's blacksmith shop is probably the largest private iron workshop in Lingxia.It was funded by Wei Caisu, the inspection envoy of Dijinze, who undertook the shogunate's weapons manufacturing tasks all the year round, mainly swords and spears.

Last year, this shop produced more than [-] knives of various types, more than [-] axes and guns, and some odds and ends.

Their existence liberated the eight major production institutes from the heavy work, allowing them to concentrate on making armor, and their work efficiency was greatly improved.

Shao Shude didn't know the military manufacturing capabilities of other feudal towns, but they shouldn't be weak.

In March of the first year of Guangqi, Chengde Wang Rong "offered a thousand cattle, nine thousand farm implements, and one hundred thousand soldiers to Chang'an."

Sending [-] military battles to the imperial court in one breath, Chengde is a land with several states, and its military manufacturing capabilities are indeed very strong. It must be that the emperor came here for alms from various towns, but he didn't find Marshal Shao for alms, so he knew that Lingxia was relatively poor.

Wei's smithy can produce more than [-] soldiers a year, plus the private smithies in Xiazhou, Suizhou, and Lingzhou, it is indeed no problem to have tens of thousands of swords and spears a year. After all, this kind of thing is too easy to manufacture, and the technical content Low.

Bow and armor are more troublesome, and this is the work of the Eight Academy of Works.For warts, the output will continue to increase next year, but only more than [-] pairs will be produced in a year.The craftsmanship is too troublesome, there are too few craftsmen who are familiar with this method, and the supply of raw materials is not very sufficient, which greatly limits the output.

If there is no wart armor, use ordinary armor, if there is no ordinary armor, use leather armor.The latter has no shortage of Lingxia, and can even be said to be rich, so the armor rate of the army is still quite high, at least about [-]% is no problem, although there are still a small number of iron armors-more than enough than the bottom, the army of the imperial dynasty has a general armor rate Within [-]%, most of the materials are not iron armor, which is enough.

Wart armor is destined to be equipped only with elite troops, such as Leopard Riders.In the future, if the Tianxiong Army has a good record, they can lean more towards them.These are all my core team members in the future, so of course it's important to get better.

After strolling around the blacksmith's shop, Shao Shude returned to the Prince's Mansion surrounded by his own soldiers.The winter solstice has passed, and the new year is coming soon.In the new year, I don't know what challenges are waiting for me.

　There are too many things, the update time is unstable, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)